CSX plans improvements in NY/NJ

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

CSX said it will make improvements on its River Line between northern New Jersey and the Albany, N.Y. region. The railroad said the $26 million project, with plans for additional River Line capacity expansion in future years, will enable CSX to handle more trains and support the growth of crude oil moving by rail, intermodal shipments, automobiles and other businesses. A total of 18 miles of second track will be constructed over the next two to three years that will create additional capacity on the Hudson River's west shore. Preliminary work to prepare the sites in New York state at Ravena-Coxsackie, Catskill and Haverstraw is already complete with construction to begin early this year. Clarence Gooden, e...